Residentie Timor en Onderhoorigheden


Residentie Timor en Onderhoorigheden was a Residentie of Dutch East Indies located in the Eastern half of Lesser Sunda Islands east of Lombok, it was separated in 1819 from Gouvernement der Molukken. Its capital was Kupang.

Administrative divisions

The Residentie was divided to four afdelingen of Soembawa, Soemba, Flores and Timor en eilanden Afdeling Soembawa was divided to two Onderafdelingen of Soembawa, and Bima. Afdeling Soemba was divided to two Onderafdelingen of West-Soemba and Oost-Soemba Afdeling Flores was divided to five Onderafdelingen of Manggarai, Ngada, Endeh, Maoemere, Oost-Flores en Solor-Eilanden, and Alor Afdeling Timor en eilanden was divided to five Onderafdelingen of Beloe, Noord-Midden Timor, Zuid-Midden Timor, Koepang, and Roti en Sawoe
Today the Government of Indonesia has abolished Residenties and Afdelingen, but the Onderafdelingen have been turned to Kabupaten.
Listed below are the Onderafdelingen, their capitals and their present-day population
NameArea
2010 PopulationCapital
Afdeling Timor en eilanden16,264.781,856,910Koepang
Roti en Sawoe1,740.54192,868Ba'a
Koepang5,460.94640,787Koepang
Zuid-Midden Timor3,947.00441,155Soe
Noord-Midden Timor2,669.70229,803Kefamenanoe
Beloe2,445.60352,297Atamboea

List of the Residents of Timor en OnderhoorighedenHans Hägerdal (2012), pp. 425-7; ''Regeeringsalmanak Nederlandsch Indië'', 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff 1800-1942 (various titles).